Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-13


ing os undue representation. That
time = past We an know that nov
there are over two hundred thousand
people. Who ought 20 BY right be sc
corded full citizenship. residing within
the boundaries Of Washington Terri
tory. We know that the number i
steadily and rapidly increasing. and
that there are resources sufficient 20
make these people permanent resi-
dents. resources sufficient 70 make
this . great State, second 20 none ia
the MON, and yet we are kept out Of
IT. And Why?
The reason why should send the
scarlet blush Of shame 20 every true
American citizen, be be Republican.
{ Democrat Greenbacker. Prohibitionisf
or what not. The plain. unvarnished,
outspoken reason i because the party
IN power fear the people in this Terri
tory VII not vote As said party desire.
am not writing in a partisan sense:
the Republican party might do the
same thing, for aught I know: I am
writing as An American. one whose
head has grown gray a. n resident Of
/ the Territory. and seen his fellow COM
| panions Of pioneer days. one By one,
Z with xhItened locks, pass over the un-
I known river not 20 return, denied these
rights until the end Of their lives. and
sees before him possibly the same des- /
/ tiny. cannot think or write OF this /
/ without deeper feelings Of indignation /
Z than my pen can express; without
feelings Of contempt for the men who, I
with temporary power, trample under 1
I their feet my rights and those Of the I
I whole people Of the Territory. How /
I long shall We SUBMIT
Last Sunday evening, at Tacoma. / I
listened to a sermon from the lips Of /
the evangelist. the Rev. Mrs. Hemus. I
This gifted lady was listened 10 with /
marked attention. The great Grand 1
Army hall was crowded; even the /
standing room was occupied - the 1
aisles, every available spot, was filed /
by men and women. who stood pa
tiently for three long hours listening /
20 the services, concluding with an 1
earnest. imprisoned, eloquent ser
mon; the whole being very similar to
what had heard and seen at one of 1
Aessrs. Moody and Sankey's meetings
in New Orleans, about year ago.
Nineteen hundred years ago Paul
forbade that women should sneak in
church. That was in a day and age
when the rights of women were little
thought of and less respected. The
world moves on, and Is better than in
the dead centuries of the past. This
intelligent assemblage that | saw list
ening 10 this lady, howsOever intent.
were less logical than our oid-time
teachers, at least a portion OF them.
They were willing TO be taught in reli-
gion-let their children be taught in
the schools in all that pertains to a
modern willing that the
mothers may teach their sons political
economy. their duty as voters, and all
that; but the aforesaid women may
not practice only in part that which
they teach. They may teach the young
or the old how 70 vote, but they must
not vote themselves; they may teach
how best to govern ourselves. morally,
physically and politically, but they
must not participate in the govern
ment: they must not participate in
the civilized methods of enforcing sal
utary regulations for the government
and welfare of their race, although |
they may persuade others. What can
be more Illogical than this, Thus far
shalt thou go and no farther?" Not /
withstanding the apparent discourage '
ments, the end is near, and woman will i
be accorded not only the full religious :
rights which she now enjoys. but was |
denied so long. but also her full pOliti- |
cal rights likewise.
A month or two ago Jane and were I
walking up Pacific Avenue reading the |
signs. as old people from the country
are wont 20 do. when | read U-z-a-f-o- I
wage" Why. Ezra" said my ju- I
nior partner. that's the very same
name-of those people that the traders '
induced to part with their teams and
start down Snake River in their wagon {
beds the year we crossed the plains, in i
80" L
Say we 90 in" said |; and. suiting [.
the action to the words, in we went. ! I
two old people from the country as we |
were. 4
Say. Mister, you have shoes for sale
here7"
Yeth. thir."
l knew him; that "yeth, thir, " told |
the story {
81 think that woman wants a pair. .
How long have you been here2" Il
Two months" II
"only two months, Ell? Then you
are not the chap thought" IL
"Oh. yes, | was at ST. Helens a long /
time ago. And are you the man | |
worked for in the hotel2" Ii
We'll well well - from both; |
eiasping hands, shaking, and shaking
and shaking, seemingly as if We never {
would get enough of il. /
l declare | felt like putting my arms !
right around him--belieye in my heart
We would have Rugged each other if |
the women folks hadn't been looking (
on and laughing. And this man with
the whitened locks was the boy who.
having lost all, without friend or rela-
tons, used TO be so diligent yet so sad. {
aud who for thirty five years had been
lost to US, and here now was before us, |
with fine brick store. a nice stock OF
goods, a man Of mature years, an ex- |
emplifieation Of what industry would
accomplish ! felt like squeezing his {
hand again--in fact, hugging him, and
don't know, for that matter. kissing
him.
IL stirs ones blood 10 the very end /
of his toes To meet the old time ac- I
quaintances Of pioneer days-those in |
particular who had been lost % US for !
50 long. There Is n tender regard q 1
bond II union drawing tighter and '
tighter as the ranks become thinned {
a feeling that pen or tongue cannot {
describe 50 a 10 be- understood except !
by the few left
Speaking of kissing reminds me Of 4
the sham practice OF women kissing I
each other in meeting or parting
whether particular friends or not, be- (
cause il Is fashionable - do sol because
others do IL. Now. love 10 see, and. I
for that matter, experience, good,
hearty kissing; but from the sham
" give Us a rest" once. while in Eu-
rope. saw two German men hug and